Create your own "Big 12" Justice League line-up

[Factor]

Ever since Morrison's run, I don't think we've had these amount of members for the main team, but I've always thought the correlation to the Greek pantheon was really fun and I love that a bigger team allows for the presence of the "Big 7" + other different and more diverse characters.
So if you could choose a 12 member Justice League team, which characters would you pick?

[Güicho]

For the record, Morrison's Pantheon: Based on the Twelve Olympians

Zeus = Superman
Hera = Wonder Woman
Poseidon = Aquaman
Hermes = Flash
Apollo = Green Lantern
Demeter = Big Barda
Ares = Orion
Artemis = Huntress
Hephaestus = Steel
Athena = Oracle
Eros = Zauriel ?
Dionysus = Plastic Man
Hades = Batman

Martian Manhunter = an advisor only

(Hades was not usually included among the Olympians his realm was appropriately the underworld hence 13 = Batman)

[Factor]

For the record, Morrison's Pantheon:

Zeus = Superman
Hera = Wonder Woman
Poseidon = Aquaman
Hermes = Flash
Apollo = Green Lantern
Demeter = Big Barda
Ares = Orion
Artemis = Huntress
Hephaestus = Steel
Athena = Oracle
Eros = Zauriel
Dionysus = Plastic Man
Hades = Batman

Martian Manhunter = an advisor only

Oh, thanks I always forget who everyone was meant to represent.

[Sansomon]

Justice League of America

Superman
Wonder Woman
Martian Manhunter
Aquaman
Shazam
Cyborg
Flash
Power Girl (Tanya Spears)
Supergirl
Green Lantern
Plastic Man
Batman

[LordAllMIghty]

Easy team for me to make...bigger then 12 sorry

Superman
Wonder Woman
Batman
Flash
Green Lantern
Aquaman
Martian Manhunter

Black Canary
Vixen
Firestorm
Captain Marvel
Green Arrow
Zatanna
Steel and Atom as the tech team.

[j9ac9k]

1 -- Superman
2 -- Batman
3 -- Green Lantern (Hal)
4 -- Wonder Woman
5 -- Flash
6 -- Aquaman
7 -- Atom
8 -- Black Canary
9 -- Green Arrow
10 - Zatanna
11 - Hawkgirl
12 - Cyborg

Wow, I got to 12 a lot sooner than I expected...

[Herowatcher]

Justice League

01. Superman
02. Batman
03. Wonder Woman [clay birth]
04. Green Lantern (Hal)
05. Flash (Barry)
06. Aquaman
07. Black Lightning
08. Black Canary
09. Green Arrow
10. Hawkman (Katar)
11. Zatanna
12. Skyrocket

I really like a 14 member Justice League...

13. The Atom (Ray)
14. Red Tornado

[Carabas]

(Hades was not usually included among the Olympians his realm was appropriately the underworld hence 13 = Batman)

It is extremely apropriate, not so much because Hades is the god of the afterlife but because he's also the god of wealth.

[Doctor Know]

Potential Future Justice League from Justice League Generation Lost.





Why Hawk and Dove have a black granddaughter, is beyond me. I don't even like Hank and Dawn as couple, and even Dawn says they are not a couple. Quit shipping/trying to ship them writers!

[Deniz Camp]

I think if you want to reconstruct a Morrison style team you have to look at what MADE the Morrison team work, besides the incredible imagination and skill of Grant Morrison and Howard Porter.

The team consisted of a recognizable, static core (Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, Green Lantern, Flash, Aquaman). These were characters that had their own popular solo series, had high visibility, and generally couldn't be messed with too much. You got to have big 'moments' with all of them, but you didn't get to grow them, you didn't get to change them in any lasting or sincere way, and you didn't get to go too far into character. Which is fine for a big, sprawling, plot-driven book like JLA, in my opinion.

Then you had a lesser cast of characters, somewhat shifting, who were a bit more malleable, but who you probably couldn't 'break' or take any too big risks with. Generally the job there was to SHOW what made them cool, to revitalize or make them popular, to add some diversity. (Martian Manhunter, Steel, Huntress, Barda, Orion, Oracle, Plastic Man, Green Arrow).

And then you had a few characters that you created yourself, that you might kill, or change, and that generally allowed you to inject some new concepts into the series (Aztek, Zauriel, Tomorrow Woman).

So, with that in mind...

Superman
Batman
Wonder Woman
Green Lantern (Simon Baz)
Flash (Barry Allen)
The Atom (Ray Palmer)
Jason Blood (The Demon, if you like him nasty)
Tomorrow Woman (newly created)
Vixen (with an expansion and exploration of her powers)
Element Woman (my portrayal of her is derived primarily from Delirium, of the Endless)
Starfire
Psi-ntist, mysterious member with a shadowy past!

[Güicho]

Psi-ntist, mysterious member with a shadowy past!

Yes, added to the horror of fandom everywhere - that spot could have been used for someone better!
To be killed as soon as (he/she) becomes interesting, and to give the others something "real", to angst over.
And if you don't, the next creative team will! LOL!

Psi-ntist, your time was brief, yet you burned ever so bright!

[Factor]

My team:



I wanted to keep a classic team but still have some fresh faces and diversity, I think it makes things way more interesting than having everyone have similar backgrounds.
Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman and Flash are no-brainers for me.
Cyborg was also an easy choice, he adds a lot to the team with his abilities and tech, plus his dynamic with Shazam brings some youthness to the team like Wally and Kyle's used to.
I added Mera because I think it's long past time she joined the team.
Shazam is there to bounce off of Cyborg and for the naiveté and connection to magic.
Zatanna would finally rejoin the team as the only one actually capable of manipulating the mystic energies. She also has kind of an edgier personality than a lot of the team, which would be cool to explore.
Vixen is another character I feel belongs on the premier team, she's just awesome and a I think she would make for a great spokesperson.
I also wanted a Green Lantern, but I think Power Ring adds a new dynamic and Hal is usually too busy to join the team these days and I'd want John on a more cosmic oriented JL team lead by Martian Manhunter.
Lastly, I'd add Element Woman. She has so much untapped potential and I don't think we've really seen her past explored. I'd portray her as a transgendered woman with a real positive outlook on life. Her powers might make her look different, but she'd feel incredibly blessed to have them. I think it would be cool to have an LGBT on the League, the team is usually pretty conservative but adding a transgendered woman and members like the new version of Zatanna could change things up a little.

I know the team would be pretty big, but all 12 would only be together on the biggest battles. On smaller missions, they'd rotate 7 members for each mission.

[dan12456]

My team:


I wanted to keep a classic team but still have some fresh faces and diversity, I think it makes things way more interesting than having everyone have similar backgrounds.
Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman and Flash are no-brainers for me.
Cyborg was also an easy choice, he adds a lot to the team with his abilities and tech, plus his dynamic with Shazam brings some youthness to the team like Wally and Kyle's used to.
I added Mera because I think it's long past time she joined the team.
Shazam is there to bounce off of Cyborg and for the naiveté and connection to magic.
Zatanna would finally rejoin the team as the only one actually capable of manipulating the mystic energies. She also has kind of an edgier personality than a lot of the team, which would be cool to explore.
Vixen is another character I feel belongs on the premier team, she's just awesome and a I think she would make for a great spokesperson.
I also wanted a Green Lantern, but I think Power Ring adds a new dynamic and Hal is usually too busy to join the team these days and I'd want John on a more cosmic oriented JL team lead by Martian Manhunter.
Lastly, I'd add Element Woman. She has so much untapped potential and I don't think we've really seen her past explored. I'd portray her as a transgendered woman with a real positive outlook on life. Her powers might make her look different, but she'd feel incredibly blessed to have them. I think it would be cool to have an LGBT on the League, the team is usually pretty conservative but adding a transgendered woman and members like the new version of Zatanna could change things up a little.

I know the team would be pretty big, but all 12 would only be together on the biggest battles. On smaller missions, they'd rotate 7 members for each mission.

I'd read the heck out of that team.

[Odd Rödney]

My team:

I'd read the heck out of that team.

Me too!

In fact I haven't read much in the way of Justice League since Morrison's run. I dipped into Johns' New 52 run at the beginning and enjoyed the first six issues but they lost me with 'The Villain's Journey'. I would welcome a larger roster and a writer on par with Morrison again.

[Lake Nowhere]

Superman
Batman
Wonder Woman
Martian Manhunter
The Flash
Green Lantern
Aquaman
The Atom
Green Arrow
Black Canary
Zatanna
Plastic Man